BBC Radio 2: Talking about hearing voices with Jeremy Vine
A few weeks after the New Statesman article came out, I was approached by the Jeremy Vine show. They were hoping to speak to me as part of a feature around hearing voices. This was my third time on the show, but the first where I had to take part via phone rather than being […]
BBC Radio 4: My Name Is … Rachel
After working with Akiko Hart to create an ‘Alternative Review of the Mental Health Act’ for National Hearing Voices Network, I was keen to keep up the momentum and get people talking about the coersive end of the mental health system. Luckily, after speaking with a contact in the BBC Current Affairs dept. an opportunity […]
BBC Why Factor: Why do people hear voices?
I spoke with the Why Factor, along with Rufus May, Elisabeth Svanholmer, Peter Bullimore, Angela Woods and many others, to explore some common questions about hearing voices. The show was intended for people who don’t know much about the topic, but may carry some stereotypes or ideas that aren’t so accurate. For me, the ‘why’ […]
Talking About Voices on BBC Radio
On 10th March Angela Woods, Nev Jones, Ben Alderson-Day, Felicity Callard & Charles Fernyhough from Durham University’s Hearing The Voices project published a research paper on the experience of voice-hearing. In and of itself, that isn’t particularly exciting. The bit that gets me about this paper is that the research was prompted by the lived experience […]
On BBC1 for Children In Need with Fearne Cotton
Voice Collective is an amazing innovative project supporting children and young people who hear voices, see visions or have other unusual sensory experiences. Part of Mind in Camden’s London Hearing Voices & Distressing Beliefs Projects, it is a service that I’m really proud to have developed and managed during my time there. This is a […]
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